Day 24 of Incubation

[carsonsurgalski]

I have had my eggs in the incubator for 24 days now ... we did the float test yesterday and they were all low floaters. I am feeling a bit anxious whether or not they are going to hatch. It is also a project I am doing in my classroom. I’m debating on bringing the incubator home this weekend in case something happens because I can’t get into the school on the weekend. Should I bring it home? Should I call it quits? Thanks! This is my first time

 

[WVduckchick]

I hate the float test.

Have you candled the eggs?

 

[MGG]

I have had my eggs in the incubator for 24 days now ... we did the float test yesterday and they were all low floaters. I am feeling a bit anxious whether or not they are going to hatch. It is also a project I am doing in my classroom. I’m debating on bringing the incubator home this weekend in case something happens because I can’t get into the school on the weekend. Should I bring it home? Should I call it quits? Thanks! This is my first time

Welcome to BYC! I don't have any faith in the float test, don't trust those results. Can you candle the eggs? Do you have a calibrated thermometer and hydrometer in your incubator? What breeds are you hatching? Definitely bring the incubator home

 

[carsonsurgalski]

I hate the float test.

Have you candled the eggs?

I did candle the eggs on Day 17 before lockdown. I saw development on them. I even had one moving when I was candling it.

 

[SueT]

Ditto to the above replies. CANDLE them!
And are they chicken eggs or another species?

 

[MGG]

I hate the float test.

Have you candled the eggs?

YES! Me too! I tossed 3 perfectly good eggs my first hatch because of that awful float test, killed 3 perfectly formed little babies and I had to watch them die. It broke my heart

 

[MGG]

I did candle the eggs on Day 17 before lockdown. I saw development on them. I even had one moving when I was candling it.

Candle them again

 

[carsonsurgalski]

Welcome to BYC! I don't have any faith in the float test, don't trust those results. Can you candle the eggs? Do you have a calibrated thermometer and hydrometer in your incubator? What breeds are you hatching? Definitely bring the incubator home

I did candle on day 17 before lockdown. Should I candle them again? I honestly don’t know the breeds. The farmer I got them from said they were barnyard mix? My thermometer and hydrometer were calibrated too!

 

[carsonsurgalski]

Candle them again

And at this point what should I be seeing?

 

[carsonsurgalski]

Ditto to the above replies. CANDLE them!
And are they chicken eggs or another species?

Chicken!